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TOM KELLERMANN IS HEAD OF CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY AT VMWARE . HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING TO GUIDE VMWARE ’ S CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY , AS WELL AS SERVING AS AN EXPERT RESOURCE FOR ITS PORTFOLIO OF CYBER SECURITY CAPABILITIES .

Q . WIDER ROLE DOES VMWARE HAVE IN THE CYBER WORLD AND HOW IS THE PARADIGM SHIFTING ?

I also serve as a trusted advisor to Fortune 100 customers on all challenges posed by cyber crime and espionage , as well as corresponding mitigation strategies .

VMware delivers built-in , distributed security solutions designed specifically for the threats customers face today , like ransomware and attacks targeting the anywhere workforce . Our threat telemetry is among the best in the industry given our client roster and we have powerful visibility into some of the most challenging places for enterprises to monitor . Put simply , we can stop attacks that others can ’ t because we can see threats that they don ’ t .

An interesting shift is how everybody now has to have an ‘ assumption of breach ’ mentality . Organisations must now operate under the assumption that they will be impacted by a cyber attack , or that an attacker already has an avenue into their environment . We see this as a fundamental pillar of cyber security best practice at VMware to operationalise consistent security across environments . This helps our customers to secure modern applications , workloads , and the anywhere workspace , while responding to threats with speed and hunting attackers with accuracy .

24 June 2022